European nations launched a massive vaccination drive on Sunday with pensioners and medics lining up to take the first shots to see off the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 1.7 million lives worldwide. With surveys pointing to high levels of hesitancy towards the vaccine in countries from France to Poland, leaders of the EU27 are promoting it as the best chance of getting back to something like normal life next year.
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